From the monthly archives: June 2011
I love this video. Some of the things I already do. Some of them I hadn’t considered. It’s making me think. A lot.
(thanks Tom for the heads up!)
It’s time for another peek into the ISBW book I’m doing! Premium folks get it all!
People don’t like telling the bad news about being a writer, or any content creator. The lonely times. The pitiful “you’re ignoring me†looks you get from your children. The thrill at getting a $30,000 book deal and then [...]
This is the end-all-be-all episode. You got general questions about time, agents, pseudonyms, etc? Check here first. Then I interview MD Lachlan!
Come here, space. I have a secret for you. No, come closer.
~Corrupt Space Sphere, Portal 2
I don’t know why I opened with that. I’m in a weird mood. It’s been a weird evening. And I’ve gotten to the point in my life where enough people from sphere A (say, the space sphere) [...]
ISBW #209
00:29 State of the Mur: the pressures of a high word-count goal (Clarion Write-A-Thon participation); summer SciFi trivia contest with Adventures in SciFi Publishing and SF Signal (find the ISBW trivia question at 02:10, contest rules at 02:45) 03:41 Promo: Scott Sigler’s Galactic Football League series 04:47 [...]
Well, I said I had a huge goal this summer (113,000 words — which I just realized was wrong, I needed 125000 — from mid may to late August – I’m at 14454 right now) and then I heard that there’s a write-a-thon going on to support Clarion, the SF workshop happening right now.
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ISBW #208 00:34 State of the Mur: writing again, book launch at Chapel Hill Comics, 04:32 Promo: Marco and the Red Granny 05:59 Twitter suggestions for podcast topics: e-publishing and fight scenes.  Learning from Mira Grant‘s novel Feed.  Reading and being a role model. 20:07 Promo: Scott Sigler’sÂ
Here’s a sneak peek at the rough draft of my section on Mistakes. Fabulists get the whole thing!
I’m a parent. And as my daughter is growing up and learning about boys, and girls, and bullies, and group dynamics, I desperately try to give her advice based on my mistakes I made as a [...]
ISBW #207
00:30 State of the Mur, and her dogs. 00:45 Promo:Â The Gnome and Mrs. Meyers 01:57 FEEDBACK: deciding when it’s time to take a break; getting copies of the “collector’s edition” of Hell; establishing a pen name; The Galaxy Project for novellas; plans for WorldCon [...]
Book trailers are becoming more mainstream now. You can tell because they have awards…. The Moby Awards!
Our own interviewee Mary Roach’s Packing For Mars trailer won “Best Big House” award:
Of course, seeing this makes me realize I may have to hire a pro to do my next one. My piddly [...]
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